The Sector67 April monthly meeting was on Tuesday, April 2nd. 1. Chris demonstrated how to expand and shrink a peep using a vacuum. You can find a video of the same process in action here. 2. Jay talked…

We submitted a proposal to the Project:Connect Summer Youth Programming project – Project:Connect promotes connected learning and a more equitable, social and participatory web. We want to help kids learn how to be responsible Minecraft citizens, and make and share 3D designs on Thingiverse,…

The Sector67 monthly meeting was on Tuesday, June 4th. 1. Tom, a professor at MATC, brought with him a drone built by he and his students in a collaborative effort. The hardware and software of the drone is…

Theatre in All the Wrong Places, one of Madison’s newest theatre companies, put on a performance of their original production Gruesome Playground Injuries at Sector67. As their mission statement notes, one of the troupe’s primary goals is to “explore non-traditional performance venues,”…

Sector67 is proud to have collaborated with Sherman Middle School, iona and wuntusk to create the first ever Sherman Arcade Extravaganza. Over 100 Sherman Middle School students participated, spending months on their arcade game creations made of string, cardboard and a…

In the course of one of our Makership Projects, we needed a water turbidity sensor. Of course a new sensor was prohibitively expensive, but eBay pointed us towards inexpensive dishwasher sensors. We ended up purchasing a Whirlpool Turbidity Sensor, part…

I’ve finally finished (more or less) building a very large 3D printer! Here’s a photo of the frame: This machine was originally designed to test the blood of newborn babies for pathogens, and with the help of Chris Meyer and…

Well it didn’t technically explode, but the engine died. And is ridiculously expensive to rebuild so this is the perfect opportunity to turn it into a new project. Making it into an electric car! The engine is currently getting ripped…